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Read More »ND/NF REVIEW: Sentimental, yet Exquisitely Detailed "Shower" Refreshesby Stan Schwartz(indieWIRE/3.31.2000) -- After having spent some time on the festival circuit, Chinese director Zhang Yang's "Shower" has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. And with good reason. Yang's second feature takes ...
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Read More »ND/NF REVIEW: "Journey to the Sun," A Turkish Delight of Injustice and Poetryby Mark Peranson(indieWIRE/3.30.2000) -- Yesim Ustaoglu's courageous second feature handles the subjects of police brutality, flagrant injustice and political repression with a deft hand -- the result is more a poetic mourning about the state of a state than a harsh piece of anti-Turkish propaganda. I'll rephrase that: "Journey to the Sun" is a subtle work of anti-government propaganda, which also manages to sustain a tense atmosphere as politics start to dominate the lives of its main characters. More of a love on the run than a less racist version of "Midnight Expr...
Read More »REVIEW: Indian Beauty: "Such a Long Journey" Chronicles Middle-Age Strife in 1970s Suburban Bombayby G. Allen Johnson (indieWIRE/3.30.2000) -- "All life's problems," a dying man tells Gustad Noble, "begin whenever we look for permanence."
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